Batesville Intermediate School

Batesville Intermediate School is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in Batesville, Mississippi, part of South Panola School District, with 587 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 3. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Batesville Intermediate School sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

South Panola School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,220 students; Batesville Intermediate School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Batesville Intermediate School records that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 29% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Batesville Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Panola County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $45,945 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Panola County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,323 students), of which Batesville Intermediate School is one.

Batesville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Batesville Intermediate School has stayed largely flat, going from 592 students in 2018 to 587 in 2025.

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